Neighbours and Networks explores the economic relationship that existed between the Blood Indian reserve and the surrounding region of southern Alberta between 1884 and 1939. The Blood tribe, though living on a reserve, refused to become economically isolated from the larger community and indeed became significant contributors to the economy of the area. Their land base was important to the ranching industry. Their products, especially coal and hay, were sought after by settlers, and the Bloods were encouraged, not only to provide them as needed, but also to become expert freighters, transporting goods from the reserve for non-Native business people. Blood field labor in the Raymond area sugar beet fields was at times critical to the functioning of that industry. In addition, the Bloods' ties to the merchant community, especially in Cardston and Fort Macleod, resulted in a significant infusion of money into the local economy. Regular's study fills the gap left by Canadian historiography that has largely ignored the economic associations between Natives and non-Natives living in a common environment. His microhistory refutes the perception that Native reserves have played only a minor role in regional development and provides an excellent example of a cross-cultural, co-operative economic relationship in the post-treaty period on the Canadian plains.--pub. desc.
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Dedication 2
- Title Page 4
- Bibliographic Information 6
- Table of Contents 8
- List of Tables and Maps 12
- Preface 14
- 1. Introduction 16
- The Literature 17
- Theoretical Considerations 24
- The Locale 28
- People 30
- Structures of Management: The Reserve 33
- Systems of Control: The Reserve 35
- The Rural Community 39
- Fort Macleod 39
- Cardston 41
- Raymond 42
- Conclusion 43
- 2: Free Range or Private Property: Integrating Blood Reserve Land Into the Non-Native Economy 50
- Introduction 50
- Initial Arrangements: The Ranching Era 52
- The Bloods Take Control 59
- Circumstance and Change 64
- Mixed Farming Interlude 67
- The Bloods’ Continued Resistance 70
- World War I and Greater Production 72
- The Challenges of Lease 75
- Depression and Drought 78
- Conclusion 82
- 3: ‘Selling to Outsiders’: Marketing Coal, Hay, and Freighting Services 86
- Introduction 86
- Market Activities 89
- Coal 89
- Hay 92
- Freighting 103
- The Special efforts of Agent Wilson 107
- The Market Responds 112
- Conclusions 115
- 4: All the Indians Have Gone to Beet: Blood Labour in the Raymond Sugar Beet Fields 118
- Introduction 118
- The Industry: Local Evolution 118
- The Bloods’ Significance 120
- Industry Problems 126
- Retrospective and Conclusions 134
- 5: A Prospective Citizen of No Mean Importance: The Bloods and the Business Community 142
- Introduction 142
- The Merchant Environment 143
- Policy and Business 154
- The Business of Debt 156
- Businesses Cry Foul 159
- The Department of Indian Affairs: Explanation and Reaction 163
- Depression 167
- Conclusion 175
- 6: Conslusion: Change Over Time 178
- Notes 192
- Select Bibliography 230
- Manuscript Sources 10
- Private Holdings 10
- Index 248
- Back Cover 266
